Jonathan

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We’re almost 15 years on but I still find the concept of using the wrong ball triggering after Wales’s quick lineout against Ireland in 2011.

They should do that every week

Does this even count as a missed tackle?

This aged perfectly

For clarity, I meant just in this graphic 🤣

Very interesting but Prendergast looks like Sheehan

Italy beating France would blow the doors off of this tournament. Would legit go down as one of my favourites to date.

Let’s just hope that neither Beirne or Ryan get sent off again

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That’s how I’ve established my long and successful Irish and Lions coaching career from the comfort of my sofa.

In attack, we’re playing much wider and I think that’s tiring our forwards out. I think it’s leading to less impactful carries, more tiredness in defence and at the set piece. A war of attrition on ourselves which is kicking us all over. Haven’t checked the stats to confirm but that’s my gut 🤣

That said, without them our attack isn’t clicking (not sure if it’s tactics or personnel) and defence has been really leaky.

I actually think Keenan/Hansen are key here. We play a lot better with a playmaking 15. Osborne is great but he isn’t as dynamic as those two.

Agree with this but only back in if he’s hitting flow again. He needs to re-build his confidence in attack and build his confidence in defence. That isn’t a quick fix, let him grow. He has the talent to be our game breaking 10 come next WC, so long as we don’t break him before that.

I think the Jack v Sam debate has really over shadowed some of the glaring flaws that this team has at the moment. The attacking and defensive game plans aren’t currently working (hopefully not clicking yet?). Regardless of the 10 in place this team is struggling.

I’d rather Sam was released to Leinster next week, given a chance to play at URC level, then given a chance to play against wales and build him up again. Guy looked battered and broken after France. There isn’t shame in taking opportunity to regrow confidence, regardless of discourse on it.

Also, any comments on the brutality of it are conjecture. Nobody know how this went down in camp - “you’re overwhelmed, let’s take some pressure off and get your confidence up” is very different to “you’re a shit rugby player, you’ve let yourself and your country down, watch the next one from home”

I think you just bet on Sheehan finding his form. If he gets going, he’s a much better player.

6-2 is always a huge anxiety trigger. If it goes wrong, it goes badly wrong. We’ve seen the before. That said, when you’ve got Crowley, Frawley and Osborne in your 23, I think that you can afford to do it.

At this point Beirne is like the protagonist in a video game, every time he’s through the battle and thinks he’ll get a rest the big baddie evolves and he’s got to go again.

I think a lot of it comes down to how it’s managed in camp. If it’s a “you were shit and you’re dropped” that’s brutal, if it’s a “you’ve taken a battering and we want you to rest and get your confidence back”, that’s less brutal. I do wonder if he’ll play for Leinster next weekend.

Yeah, in my opinion, birthmarks and crème eggs should be off limits.

Haters gonna hate 🤣

This opinion annoys me more than 99% of the rugby takes on this app. I don’t know what’s wrong with me! 🤣

I think they should give them all another go next week. You know, for science.

Isn’t this you after playing tag rugby last week?

I thought that Ilia Malinin was incredibly gracious after his free skate went so badly wrong. I’m not sure I’d have had even 50% of that composure at 21.

Not curling though, I don’t understand curling. Why don’t they just chuck it?Generally works playing shuffleboard.

Had a long a detailed discussion today about the differing speeds between the various luge, skeleton and bobsled events and the reasons. Also a fan of pointing out when Slalom skiers take turns too aggressively.

There was one in the Ireland v France game last weekend

The current rule doesn’t bother me but I think a penalty unless it’s particularly bad would be fine. I didn’t realise until Duponts last week that an intentional knock on could be a penalty only.